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Rui Liu wins Challenge de Curling de Gatineau

Rui Liu (Harbin, China) wins the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau, defeating Peter De Cruz (Geneva, Switzerland) 8-2 at the Centre-Sportif Robert-Rochon in Gatineau, Canada. Liu with Xiao Ming Xu at third, Dongxu Jiang and Jia Liang Zang on the front end take home the $11,000CDN first place cheque along with 47.820 world ranking points, while De Cruz receives $7,000CDN and 37.573 world ranking points for their second place finish.

De Cruz opened the scoring stealing 1 in the first end, with Liu responding by drawing for 2 in the second end. After a blank end, De Cruz scored a single the fourth end to tie the game at 2, then Liu broke the game open in the fifth end with a hit to score 3. Liu added a steal of 3 when a team De Cruz draw picked in the sixth end, leading to handshakes and an 8-2 final.